The Season 3 Recap

Season 3 of Podcaster Stories has just wrapped, and in this episode I look back at the guests and the inspiring and insightful stories they shared.

In episode 1, Fitz Koehler of The Fitness Show and author of the book My Noisy Cancer Comeback shared how her life changed when she was diagnosed with breast cancer, and how she used that as a starting point for her inspiring fight against it. Listen to the full episode.

In episode 2, I spoke with Roman Mironov of the be Version 2.0 of Yourself podcast. Roman talked about his work as a personal relationship coach, and the importance of defining what's healthy and non-healthy in your relationships. Listen to the full episode.

Episode 3 saw me talking with my wife Jaclyn, co-host of the Mental Health and Us podcast. Jaclyn shared her 20 year battle with anxiety and depression, as well as the effect an abusive childhood had on her adult life. Listen to the full episode.

In episode 4, John Adams of the DadPodUK podcast joined me to speak about his experiences as a stay at home dad for 10 years, and how Covid has changed today's generation of kids. Listen to the full episode.

Episode 5 saw communications pro Paul Sutton, of the Digital Download podcast, who shared some very personal stories about his journey with mental health, the dark places he visited as a younger man, and how he's become an advocate for mental health discussions in the workplace. Listen to the full episode.

James Perdue, host of the Professor of Perseverance podcast, joined me in episode 6, where he talked about being paralyzed at age 19, and the sacrifices he and his parents made to ensure he lived the fullest life he could. Listen to the full episode.

In episode 7, Steven Webb of the Stillness in the Storms podcast, was incredibly open about his life struggles, from parents divorcing when he was very young, to a life-changing accident, and how he used that to forge a positive mindset that everyone can learn from. Listen to the full episode.

In the final episode of season three, Lainey Cameron spoke about her experiences of being the only female senior executive in the tech world, and the toxic masculinity that inspired her to write a book drawing from these experiences. Listen to the full episode.

The show will be taking a 4-week break now, but will return with Season 4 at the beginning of June.

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Episode Transcript

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Season 3 of Podcaster Storieshas just wrapped, and my
guests in this season sharedincredible stories about overcoming adversity,
difficult times in their lives,and much more. In this
episode, I'm going to takea recap of these guests
and share their stories withyou. In episode one, Fitz
Koehler of The Fitness Show,and author of the book
My Noisy Cancer Comeback, sharedhow her life changed when

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she was diagnosed with breastcancer, and how she used
that as a starting pointfor her inspiring fight against
it.
Nobody told me XYZ wasgoing to happen. So they
tell you up front withchemo, Oh, you might feel
sick and you might beextra tired and you might
be bald. Nobody tells youthat your eyes may change
colors or that your fingernailsmay rot out while on

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your hands and stink tohigh hell. Nobody told me
any of those things. Soas the accumulation of side
effects became the size ofa mountain, I kept.. It
turned humorous. You know, itwas one of those things
where I thought, holy crap,this is so funny.
In episode two, I spokewith Roman Mironov of the

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Be Version 2.0 of Yourselfpodcast. Roman talked about his
work as a personal relationshipcoach and the importance of
defining what's healthy and nothealthy in your relationships.
Oh, you know, when yousee masturbation in it of
itself is oftentimes there's nota real problem. The problem
is that when you rewireyour brain to associate sexual

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pleasure with porn and yourhand, rather than normal sex,
and because many people startwith this, you start this
habit in teenage years, itbecomes so ingrained that it's
so difficult to get itout of their head later.
So I always encourage parentsto have this conversation about

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masturbation as, as early aspossible.
Episode three saw me talkingwith my wife, Jaclyn Brown,
co-host of the Mental Healthand Us podcast. Jaclyn shared
her 20 year battle withanxiety and depression, as well
as the effect an abusivechildhood had on her adult
life.
I did draw a littlebit from my childhood and

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I was thinking about, Iwas thinking about this. I
was kind of prepared toanswer this question and I
didn't really know which wayI wanted to go with
it because there are thingsthat I definitely pulled from
my childhood and I putinto that book. But for
the most part, I, Iwrote about the life that

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I may have wanted atthat time when surviving the
abuse. So I was acknowledgingthat the abuse was there,
but, but I, I wishthat it may have gotten
a little differently.
In episode four, John Adamsof the DadPodUK podcast joined

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me to speak about hisexperiences as a stay at
home dad for the last10 years. And how Covid
has changed today's generation ofkids.
This is a generation thatis never going to work
9-to-5 in an office orworkplace, you know, they're just
going to be, "Hang on,I could be schooled remotely.

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Why can't I, why can'tI work remotely? And also
the online etiquette skills thatthese kids are developing are
going to be second tonone. I was talking to
another dad about it theother day that they, you
know, the, with all theexperiences they are getting there,
probably going to be betterthen the most adults or
a meet, you know, thatthose kids that have just

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left the university, they spentso much time online. That's
just what they do.
In episode five, communications proPaul Sutton of the Digital
Download podcast shared some verypersonal stories about his journey
with mental health and thedark places he visited as
a younger man. He alsoshared how he's become an
advocate for mental health discussionsin the workplace.
Yes. I think everyone hasto take some time, sometimes
you just think, Oh, youknow what? I know there

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were certain times in mylife where it sucked. It
really sucked, but look whereI am now. So I,
I think, I think you'reright. And I'm sure you,
you've got things in yourlife as well, where you
look back and go, whatdo you know what that
was a bad time, butI have grown as a
person and in my lifewhen everything else that's come
on, I mean, you know,you've got kids and a

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wife and things, and youmust think the same thing
at times. And I thinkthat's a valuable thing to
do.
James Perdue, host of theProfessor of Perseverance podcast, joined
me in episode six, wherehe talked about being paralyzed
at age 19 and thesacrifices he and his parents
made to ensure he livedthe fullest life he could.
Instantaneously. I was paralyzed. SoI was told I would

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never walk again, possibly notmove from the neck down.
And, later on doctors advisedmy family to put me
in a nursing home atthe age of 19, because
that'd be too much ofa burden for them to
provide care for. And soyou can imagine 19, someone's
going into a nursing home.I mean, I understand that
it happens, but it's justhard to believe something like

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that goes on.
In episode seven, Steven Webbof the Stillness in the
Storms podcast was incredibly openabout his life struggles, from
parents divorcing when he wasvery young to a life
changing accident, and how heused that to forge a
positive mindset that everyone canlearn from.
But it is certainly, itgives you a perspective of,

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you know, if you've gotnothing and you lose everything,
you already know that youcan lose everything and be
okay. Even at that doorway,when I was crying, you
know, I had no money,I had in in effect,
I had nothing. I didn'teven have my ability to
move a foot forward andbeing 40 years old, literally
bawling your eyes out infront of the public on

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a sunny Saturday afternoon... Youdon't go much lower than
that.
In the final episode ofseason three, Lainey Cameron of
the Best of Women's Fictionpodcast spoke about her experiences
of being the only femalesenior executive in the tech
world and the toxic masculinitythat inspired her to write
a book drawing from theseexperiences.
And I actually mentioned inthe, in the author's note

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that there was an exampleof something that I experienced
frequently in tech, which ismeetings happening at a strip
strip clubs, where the guyswe've been in, in a
meeting all afternoon. And theysay, lets take this meeting
to this strip club andyour face with this horrible
decision as a woman oflike, you're either going to
say, you know, no hellno, in which case you're

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that person, and now youwere like out of it
because they're going to goanyway. So now you're out
of the meeting or you'regoing to go and have
the most awkward business meetingin the history of reality
where some woman is wigglingher tits and ass over
you while you're trying tohave a business conversation. Or
you were kind of goingto make a joke of
it and try to beone of the guys, but
not kind of, it's horrible.
It's just a horrible, horriblesituation because there's no good
answer in that scenario otherthan don't do it, don't

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suggest it, it's a stupididea. But that was an
example of something I tookout of the book because
I just thought people arenot going to believe that
actually happens, even though ithappened to me four or
five times over my career.
Thanks for listening to Season3 of Podcaster Stories. I
hope you enjoyed listening tothese episodes as much as
I've enjoyed recording them. Andif you are listening on
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The show will be takinga four week break now,
but I'll be back withSeason 4 at the beginning
of June. Until then, staysafe and take care.